Folk Songs

Folk songs are a favorite part of our homeschool. Folk songs are a part of our culture and knowing their lyrics and tunes increases our knowledge of our past. It seems impossible to study history without singing "John Brown's Body" or "Loch Lomond". Singing folk songs is also a great way to pass the time on a walk, in the car, or while working.  You can read more on folk songs at Ambleside Online.

My favorites links to folk songs:
Contemplator
Kiddles
NIEHS Kids pages
History in Song (American History)

Folk songs used in our homeschool (our favorites are marked with an *):

Yankee Doodle*
The World Turned Upside Down
Early One Morning*
Turkey in the Straw
Clementine
Long, long ago
Deep in the Heart of Texas*
Skye Boat Song*
Bonnie Blue Flag
Do-Re-Mi*
This Land is Your Land
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean*
America the Beautiful
Polly Wolly Doodle
I've Been Workin' on the Railroad
Blow the Man Down
The Fish of the Sea
The Riddle Song*
Comin' Around the Mountain
Home on the Range
Home, Sweet Home
Greensleeves *
Lavender's Blue
Cockles and Mussles *
English Country Garden
She Moved Through the Fair
Danny Boy *
Taps
The Rose of Tralee
Whiskey in the Jar
Red is the Rose
Auld Lang Syne
Comin' Through the Rye *
Scotland the Brave*
When the King Enjoys His Own Again
Scarborough Fair*
Sweet William
Aura Lea
Battle Hymn of the Republic
The Cowboy's Lament (also called "Streets of Laredo")
Follow the Drinking Gourd
Dixieland *
Red River Valley
When Johnny Comes Marchin' Home Again
The Yellow Rose of Texas *
Waltzing Matilda*
Wild Colonial Boy
The Ash Grove
All Through the Night*
Welsh Lullaby
The Nightingale
America
Beautiful Dreamer
The Marines' Hymn *
The Star-Spangled Banner *
John Brown's Body
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
Southern version
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
My Wild Irish Rose
Sweet Betsey From Pike
Casey Jones
When Irish Eyes are Smiling
An Irish Lullaby
Grandfather's Clock *
I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen
Anchors Aweigh
Drunken Sailor
Robin Hood and the Bishop of Hereford
Three Ravens
Black Eyed Susan
God Save the Queen
Billy Boy*
The Minstrel Boy
Barbara Allen
My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose
Will Ye Go Lassie
Loch Lomond *
The Flower of Scotland
My Favorite Things *
Farewell to Nova Scotia *
O, What a Beautiful Morning *
London Bridge
All the Pretty Little Horses
Buffalo Gals *
Camptown Races*
The Girl I Left Behind Me (version 2)
Oh! Susanna
Kookaburra *